<p>The classes I need for next semester all happen to be one right after the other from 9:30 to 1:30 with 10 minute breaks in between. I haven't planned a lunch break yet but since I get out at 1:30 I figured I could grab a snack or protein bar in between classes and eat after classes are done. Bad idea?</p>
<p>I tend to do better if I don't have long breaks between classes but I don't want to burn out either.</p>
<p>That many in a row is no problemo. For me it was a lot easier, too, because I stayed in “on” mode all day without having to switch off and on at the end of a longer break, and I was less likely to skip classes if I didn’t have time to stop at home between classes.</p>
<p>I had to do that before, and I didn’t care for it too much, but it’s not a huge deal if you plan around it. Each to their own, I guess. Definitely eat some snacks in between.</p>
<p>Depends on the classes. I have a difficult management course followed by a sometimes difficult physics course followed by a boring accounting course, all within 15 minutes of each other. Then a 45 minute break followed by a 2.5 hour lecture (but it’s such a great lecture that it doesn’t feel long at all).</p>
<p>I can handle it just fine, although I’m usually starving by the end of the third class.</p>
<p>e: Goes from 11-12:15, 12:30 to 1:45, 2:00 to 3:15, 4:00 to 6:30.</p>
<p>I’m not a fan. It particularly sucks if you have a long way to walk to your next class. I second the snack idea (then again, I work out a lot, and am pretty much constantly hungry).</p>
<p>If they are short classes, it won’t exactly be bad. But if it’s something like, say, a three hour lab followed by a three hour art lecture, and some random classes after, it may be tiring after a while.</p>
<p>My friend scheduled his classes so that every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday he has classes nonstop from 9 to 4, but he doesn’t mind it, so it’s really up to you if you want to do it or not.</p>
<p>can’t hurt to give it a try, worst case scenario it only lasts one semester and then you’ll know whether you like it or not</p>
<p>it’s probably a matter of personal taste</p>
<p>I have class from 11-3:15 every MW, 2-7 on T, 2-5 on TH. Business classes aren’t on Fridays. I don’t mind it. It does get tiring by the end, but like Emaheevul07 said, you don’t have to switch on and off all day. The only thing to consider is distance between classes. All of mine are in the same building so I don’t have that problem.</p>
<p>I’d say it depends on how hard you expect the classes to be. I have classes from from 2:20 to 8:20 on Tuesdays, but they are all fairly easy core courses. My only harder course this semester is at 8:00 AM, which is great because I have all morning to linger after class, catch up on the reading, chat with the professor, etc. If I had to run off to other classes right away I’d probably have a harder time in the class.</p>
<p>It’s really my favorite schedule ever. I like frontloading my day so I have plenty of time in the afternoon (i.e. high-school schedule). One semester I had class from 9-2:30/4:30 and it was perfectly fine.</p>
<p>really depends on you and how well you can handle stress, and the caliber of the classes of course. I had biology and chemistry back to back freshmen year and will never do it again, just too much stress, especially when you have tests on the same day.</p>
<p>I really prefer not having breaks. Once you start adding in 60, 90 minute breaks, you really start to eat up your whole day. Unless you are super motivated and will go to the library and do work during that time. There isn’t much stressful about going to lecture, but then having to work all night long…yeah that gets stressful lol</p>
<p>^ that’s exactly my thinking. Get it all done quickly, as oppose to having classes drag all day long.</p>
<p>Meh. I go from 8 am to 8 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays with two half hour breaks. It’s tiring but manageable, and it’s in the form of two 1 1/2 hour classes, one 2 hour class, and 6 hours spent in the lab working on my thesis. Mondays and Wednesdays I only go from 12:55-9:30 though as long as I’m not going in to work on my thesis just to get some more done, and that’s including 3 hours at work, and an hour of break time. Fridays I don’t have classes and just work 10-4, it’s really nice.
I might just be saying meh because I’m wearing out, but you should be fine. And if that kind of schedule isn’t for you, you’ll find out and you won’t have to do it again.</p>
<p>grad school is a little different</p>
<p>what’s your field of research?</p>
<p>Look at the courses and be honest with yourself about your own stamina. I had the option to do something like that with my MWF courses, but I decided to space them out because I’m taking two foreign languages and going straight from Chinese to Spanish would be head-turning. That’s an example of a schedule you wouldn’t want. I’m sure there are equivalents for people in other fields too, courses that require vastly different mindsets to succeed in.</p>
<p>I prefer to schedule my classes in a row in the mornings and have my afternoons open for work or studying. It just depends on how you prefer to work. I’ve never had trouble with it.</p>
<p>mrund3rd09, I’m not in grad school. My field of research is polymer chemistry, though, and I’m applying to start grad school next fall. This is my senior year of undergrad.</p>